Tag Archives: Kenner

Interview with D.S. – Kenner Toys Manufacturing

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Gooney Bird

The following story provides an insider’s view of what it was like to work at Kenner during one of the company’s roughest transitional periods.  The late 80’s and early 90’s saw Kenner change ownership several times.  The employees were working in … Continue reading →

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Kenner Employee Gooney Bird Surfboard T-Shirt

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Gooney Bird

Here’s a fun shirt to celebrate the beginning of Summer!  This internal Kenner employee t-shirt features the Gooney Bird holding a surf board on the front.  The back has the bird riding a wave on a surf board with the … Continue reading →

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Kenner Instruction Sheets Now Available

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Gooney Bird

Looking for instructions on how to play that Kenner Skirrid game you’ve been dying to try out?  How about making sure your Baby Did It doll is doing her business properly?  We have started adding Kenner instruction sheets to our … Continue reading →

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Super Powers Retailer Offer Extension Letter And Cards

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Gooney Bird

Here’s an interesting item sent in by Super Powers collector Chip Cataldo.  Chip is a regular contributor over on the Super Powers Blog, a site you will definitely want to add to your list of Kenner sites to visit regularly. … Continue reading →

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Bone Age Stone Clan Signed Sample

Posted on April 29, 2011 by John Wooten

Kenner’s Bone Age line was short lived, lasting for only one series of toys from 1987-88.  The building toy – action figure combination was an interesting idea, but it ultimately didn’t catch on with parents or kids. The action figures … Continue reading →

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Kenner’s The Real Ghostbusters Prototypes And Documents

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Gooney Bird

Reader and fellow Kenner collector Josh Blake contacted us with some really neat The Real Ghostbusters items he wanted to share.  He sent in pictures of an unpainted first shot, a hand painted first shot, and some original sculpt pieces. … Continue reading →

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Prototype Samples Return Instructions For Cincinnati

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Gooney Bird

This is an adhesive label that would have been applied to boxes containing prototype samples that were sent out from Kenner/Hasbro’s Cincinnati location.  The label requests that special care be taken with the fragile items.  It also says that since … Continue reading →

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Kenner Products Shipping Label

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Gooney Bird

A Kenner Products adhesive backed shipping label.  This label would have been created and used some time after 1992 when Kenner Products moved to the 615 Elsinore Place address.  The label is from a perforated roll of “tractor-feed” type paper.  … Continue reading →

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MicroVerse 1997 Toy Fair Promotion

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Gooney Bird

This is a promotional item for Kenner’s MicroVerse line of toys.  It was handed out at the 1997 Toy Fair.  The MicroVerse toys were a way for Kenner to expand their licensed properties with new miniaturized versions.  There were MicroVerse … Continue reading →

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Jurassic Park 1997 Toy Fair Award

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Gooney Bird

This is Kenner’s Jurassic Park 1997 Toy Fair Award.  These types of awards or gifts were typically given out to reporters, industry insiders, or other VIP’s that would visit Kenner’s Toy Fair headquarters in New York.  They were also presented … Continue reading →

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